Meat tenderer



c. L. LEONARD. MEAT TENDERER. APPLICATION FILED AUGJS, 1920- Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

. I gwue'nhz aLLfio/wi/w I abboiwug ARD, a citizen of the United CASWELL I1. LEONARD, 0F CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI.

MEAT TENDERER.

To all to/mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I. Caswnmu LEE LEON- States, residing at Corinth, in the, county of Alcorn and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat Tenderers, oi which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to a meat tenderer, and aims toprovide a novel and improved device of that character, which is of novel and improved, yet simple and 1116K" pensive eonstructioin;tor conveniently and efliciently beating or pounding steak or other meat to render the same more tender and digestible.

Another object is the provision'ot such device comprising a novel head having means for cutting or chopping the meat and means, in addition thereto, for pounding or mashing the meat as well as regulating the depth of the cuts.

A. further object is the provision of a meat tenderer having adjustable cutting or chopping blades, which can be adjusted to regulate the depth of cuts made, and which can also be readily removed for sharpening or replacement, when dull or worn out.

A still further object is the provision of such an implement having members between the cutting blades which serve as weights tor the head, as spacers for separating the cutter blades, and also as means for mashing or bruising the surface of the meat between the cuts made.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which i will be apparent as the d scription proceeds, the invention resides 1n the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation ment.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the head taken on the line 3-8 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the cutter or chopping blades. 1

A. handle 6 of wood or other suitable material is employed for manipulating the device, and a pair of bars 7 is secured to one of the impl other in making the head Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patemfigd Jan. 10, 1922 Application filed August 13, 1920. Serial No. 408,263. I l

end portion thereof at opposite sides by means of rivets ,8, or the like. These bars pro ect beyond the end of the'handle, and their free end portions are offset'to one side of the axis of the handle, or downwardly in I the normal horizontal position of the handle when in use for pounding meat on a horizontal surface. V

The head of the implement is disposed between the portions are separated or offset away from one another to accommodate the head, and

can bebent toward or away from one annarrower or. wider by the removal of or addition to the elements of the heat. This head comprises parallel spaced cutting or chopping blades 10, having their lower or active edges serrated to provide the cutting or chopping teeth 1.1, which have their edges beveled on one side, so that they'can be readily sharpened from time to time when the blades are removed. The head has elongated spacer members 12 between the blades 10, said members also serve as weights for the head, to give the head sutlicient heft for convenience in pounding the meat. members 12 are secured together between the portions 9 by means of transverse bolts 1.3, or the like, extending throtwh said porb tions 9, blades 10 and members 12, to clamp portions 9 of the bars 7, and said i The blades. 10 and extending to the upper edges oi the blades,

or those edges opposite to the serrated or toothed edges. Thus, by loosening the bolts 13, the blades 10 can be adjusted upwardly and downwardly for projecting or retracting the teeth 11 th reof with respect to the loweredges or" the members 12, to regulate the depth or the cuts made in the meat, said members 12, in contacting with the meat, limitin the movement of the teeth into the meat. Furthermore, the blades 10 can also be withdrawn from the members 12, when the bolts 13 are loosened, for sharpening the teeth, and can then be readily slipped back into place and adjusted, whereby the teeth 11 project more or less beyond the lower edges of the members 12. Said lower edges of the members 12 have longitudinal series of pyramidal points or teeth 16, which, in contacting with the surface of the meat,

will mash or bruise same, between the cuts 1 Vlo made by the cutting teeth 11, to thereby soften the meat and make it more tender.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An implement of the character described comprising a handle, bars extending from one endof the handle and having theirfree end portions offset to one side of the axis of the handle, a head having toothed members disposed side by side between said ofi'set portions, and means for clamping said portions and members together.

2. An implement of the character described comprising a head having spaced blades with cutting edges and spacer members between the blades for limiting the depth of cuts made by said edges, said blades being adjustable to project orretract said edges thereof with respect to said spacer members.

3. An implement of the character described comprising said blades having cutting edges, spacer members between said blades for separating them and limiting the bolts extending through said bars, blades and members for clamping them together said blades having serrated cutting edges projecting from said membersand the blades having slots receiving said bolts and extending to the opposite edges thereof for the ad justment of blades to project and retract said cutting edges, and the corresponding'edges of said members having bruising teeth,

In testimonywhereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

CASWELL L. LEONARD. 

